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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2010
Samir M. Iqbal, Irving, TX (US);
Swati Goyal, Arlington, TX (US);
Shawn M. Christensen, Arlington, TX (US);
Mohammud R. Noor, Arlington, TX (US);
Samir M. Iqbal, Irving, TX (US);
Swati Goyal, Arlington, TX (US);
Shawn M. Christensen, Arlington, TX (US);
Mohammud R. Noor, Arlington, TX (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for detecting nucleic acid hybridization, including single nucleic base mutations at low concentrations, are disclosed, using surface-tethered hairpin loop oligonucleotide probes and metal-nanoparticles conjugated to a hybridization detection sequence that is capable of binding the stem region of the opened hairpin loop oligonucleotide probe, without the use of labeling or target modification and capable of recycling.